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Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 occurred on Monday in northern Argentina, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake occurred at 02.07 local time (09.07 MSK). Hearth tremors occur at depths 589.3 kilometers.

The epicenter was located at a distance of 116 kilometers from the city of Santiago del Estero, the capital of the eponymous province.

According to Reuters, the information on casualties or damage were reported.

Argentina passes through the Pacific "fire zone" — the band of volcanoes and tectonic faults up to 40 thousand kilometers. He circles the Pacific Ocean, passing along the coasts of North and South America to

The northernmost active volcano of Kamchatka — Shiveluch emitted a column of ash to a height of up to 9 kilometers, according to RIA Novosti, the representative of the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.

Increased activity of Shiveluch volcano, whose height is about 3.3 thousand meters above sea level, was launched in May 2009. In the dome of the volcano is a normal eruption formed cleft depth of about 30 meters. For settlements eruption no danger, but plumes pose a serious threat to aviation

"Video surveillance of the volcano hampered by low cloud, but seismic data suggest that the high

The powerful earthquake that struck on Monday at the border between Peru and Chile, and the destruction caused power outages in northern Chile, damaged several roads, reports the Associated Press referring to the governor of the Chilean administrative region of Tarapaca José Durán (Jose Durana).

According to recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the magnitude of the quake, recorded at 06.00 local time (14.00 MSK) was 6.2. Hearth lies at a depth 98.3 kilometers.

Previously reported that the quake was magnitude 5.9, and the center lies at a depth of 22.3 kilometers.

European and New Zealand geologists discovered near the Pacific island of Tonga underwater volcano with a very restless nature — its height varies by tens of centimeters in a few weeks, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Submarine volcanoes on Earth is much more than "land" — 32,000 against 1.5 thousand — but they have been studied much worse because of their inaccessibility.

A team led by Anthony Watts (Anthony Watts) from Oxford University (UK) has found most unusual volcano in the Pacific Ocean, near the Kermadec and Tonga archipelago, about 800 kilometers north-west of

Transport links to the suburbs of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and parts of aborted because of the cyclone, according to the city administration.

Atmospheric vortex began to have an impact on a peninsula in the early hours of Monday. Wind force increased on the coasts to 23-28 meters per second, black ice on the roads, visibility is less than 500 meters. Due to bad weather canceled classes in schools of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Complicated traffic. Traffic police recommended unless absolutely necessary motorists not to travel on the road.

"Due to the weather conditions remain difficult in the direction of the settlements and Radygin Chapaevka. Soon

Atmospheric vortex began to have an impact on a peninsula in the early hours of Monday. Wind force increased on the coasts to 23-28 meters per second, black ice on the roads, visibility is less than 500 meters.

Due to bad weather canceled classes in schools of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Complicated traffic. Traffic police recommended unless absolutely necessary motorists not to travel on the road.

According to the Kamchatka avalanche center, heavy rains caused the increased danger of vanishing large masses of snow from the slopes of

Specialists of the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGG) FEB RAS point increase in volcanic activity in the Sakhalin region, with the claim that the threat to the population of this region is not present, the press service of the institute.

To this conclusion, the meeting Sakhalin branch of the Russian expert advice on earthquake prediction, seismic hazard assessment and risk (SF RES).

"Recent years have seen increased volcanic activity in the region. On Sakhalin Island — is erupting volcano Sarychev Peak on Matua Island (2009), Ekarma on the same island (2010), Ivan the Terrible Iturup (August 2012). Last

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